As the rain began to fall in the dying but dizzying seconds of Monday night’s first half, the Bengals couldn’t quite flip the script after taking a 17-0 lead with 31 seconds left on quarterback Andy Dalton’s second third-down touchdown pass of the night to wide receiver A.J. Green.
But suddenly the karma switched off when safety George Iloka missed an interception tipping off shoulder pad. Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger then hit running back Le’Veon Bell for Pittsburgh’s longest play of the half on a 33-yard check-down pass aided by at least one missed tackle.